Post Doctoral Scholar Position
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The Population Research Institute (PRI) at The Pennsylvania State University (University Park) anticipates an 1-2 openings for a postdoctoral fellow in the NICHD-supported Social Environments and Population Health training program, starting on or about…
SSRI Faculty Fellows Program now open
The SSRI Faculty Fellows Program is now open, with applications to be submitted for approval to department heads of each faculty member who is seeking a course release prior to the October 12 deadline.
The SSRI Faculty Fellows Program supports faculty at University Park and the College of Medicine…
Virtual speaker series to focus on COVID-19 response and policy impact
Penn State’s School of Public Policy is hosting a virtual speaker series, “Policy and the Pandemic,” every Wednesday at 2 p.m. beginning June 10, 2020.
The series will highlight School of Public Policy faculty research analyzing the response to the coronavirus at the local, state and federal level…
Penn State researchers evaluate 2020 Census data privacy changes
After the U.S. Census Bureau announced that it was changing how it protects the identities of individuals for the 2020 Census, a Penn State-led research team began to evaluate how these changes may affect census data integrity.
The Census Bureau is proposing to use differential privacy, a new…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on serving the community
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic while serving their community – using Centre County as an example. Situated near Penn State’s University Park campus, Centre Helps provides two core services: a 24/7 emotional support and suicide…
Gathering big data to accelerate the COVID-19 fight
Penn State is one of 15 institutions participating in a national collaboration to turn data from hundreds of thousands of medical records from coronavirus patients into effective treatments and predictive tools.
The National COVID Cohort Collaborative partners National Institutes of…
Research recruitment posters and fliers
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute now offers a service through the institute’s communication team to create clinical research recruitment posters/flyers. This service is available to any Penn State campus. Advantages of using the institute service include:
Professionally…
Take Note: Penn State Prof. Jenny Van Hook On Coronavirus And The Census
SSRI cofund and PRI affiliate Jenny Van Hook is interviewed for WPSU's Take Note on the consequences of a Census undercount. Van Hook is the Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography at Penn State and a former member of the Census Advisory Board. She was an expert witness in the legal fight…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on special education services
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on special education service delivery in Pennsylavania. Early reports suggest that students may re-enter school in the fall of 2020 almost a full year behind academically. However, Penn State researchers…
New Penn State program will train next generation of child maltreatment scholars
Child maltreatment is a significant health issue, affecting more than 12% of children in the U.S. by the time they reach age 18, and is associated with a myriad of behavioral, emotional, and physical health problems for survivors.
Researchers in Penn State’s Child Maltreatment Solutions Network…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on food insecurity
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on food insecurity rates in Pennsylvania. According to the researchers, due to the rise of the unemployment rate during COVID-19, food insecurity rates have risen from 11 percent to over 33 percent.…
Connell to research impact of social distancing
COVID-19 research to evaluate impact of public health responses to pandemic on children
Christian Connell, associate professor of human development and family studies and associate director of the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, has been funded by the Social…
Why Social Science? - Because We Will Need to Do Better in the Next Crisis
By John Haaga, PhD
The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a surge of interest in the press and social media in comparisons with other countries. When did the new virus reach other countries, how did they handle it, and how well did they do? I have lost count of the number of times I have read that the…
Turrisi advises parents in a new video series about teen alcohol use
Parents with questions about how to protect their teens from the dangers of alcohol and other drugs can now receive research-based advice from videos featuring Robert Turrisi, a Penn State professor of biobehavioral health with more than 35 years of experience in researching underage drinking.…
COVID-19 Data 4 Action Project will help inform local decision-making
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented disruption to Centre County, impacting every aspect of our daily lives and economic well-being. A new project will give a voice to community members, allowing them to share their experiences and impact decision-making as the region moves…
Two sessions added to 'Enabling Remote Research' seminar series
Penn State University Libraries has added two new sessions to its Enabling Remote Research online seminar series, presented in collaboration with Penn State Information Technology, the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) and the Office of the Associate CIO for Research.
Enabling…
SSRI cofunds named to trauma-informed initiative
Two SSRI cofunded faculty members were recently selected to join Governor Tom Wolf’s 'Trauma-Informed PA Think Tank', a statewide initiative to develop the commonwealth's capacity for trauma-informed care.
Chad Shenk, associate professor of human development and family studies and associate…
Cases of highly aggressive prostate cancer at time of diagnosis increase in PA
Among prostate cancer cases, highly aggressive cases of the disease at the time of diagnosis increased significantly in Pennsylvania between 2004 and 2014, according to Penn State College of Medicine and Penn State Cancer Institute researchers. The increase affected both white…
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on substance abuse
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on those affected by substance abuse disorder. They point out it is essential that treatment and intervention, recovery services, and prevention mechanisms remain accessible, operational, and optimized.…
Researchers study impact of health care reform on child development
Education has long been associated with enhanced health and well-being in large part by allowing greater access to resources such as quality health care. With the aid of a new grant, an education professor at Penn State has started a project to study the flip side of that coin — how can health…
Penn State participates in virtual social science advocacy day - 2020
The Consortium of Social Science Association’s (COSSA) Annual Social Science Advocacy Day looked a little different this year due to COVID-19 and the response of social distancing. However, for Penn State researchers, the numerous ways social and behavioral science is helping to combat the pandemic…
COVID-19's distinctive footprint on immigrants in the United States
Read the op-ed in The HIll, co-authored by Diana Fishbein, on the harsh reality for immigrants - while they assume valuable positions in our society, they accept lower wages and their work poses greater hazards and fewer protections against injury, including the contraction and circulation of…
Pandemic lockdown increases child abuse and family violence
Articles in U.S. News, The Atlantic, and the American Psychological Association quote SSRI cofunds Brian Allen, Jennie Noll, and Yo Jackson on how the pandemic is creating situations of isolation and parental stress, which are major risk factors for child abuse.
Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on cancer treatment
Penn State researchers provide informed commentary on the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on treating cancer, the leading cause of death in the developed world. Given the potential of COVID-19 to infect both patients and staff members, cancer facilities are currently triaging the care of cancer…
Penn State-led project works to help prevent violence in schools
Children in remote locations, including children in military families, can face a variety of struggles, including violence in schools and other environments. Penn State researchers developed a new publication that will assist schools in evaluating the violence prevention resources they may be using…